consider

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1. 1.Thenceforth to speculations high or deep I turned my thoughts, and with capacious mind Considered all things visible. Milton.
2. 2.To look at attentively; to observe; to examine. She considereth a field, and buyeth it. Prov. xxxi.
3. 3.3. To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect. Consider, sir, the chance of war: the day Was yours by accident. Shak. England could grow into a posture of being more united at home, and more considered abroad. Sir W. Temple.
4. 4.To estamate; to think; to regard; to view. Considered as plays, his works are absurd. Macaulay. Note: The proper sense of consider is often blended with an idea of the result of considering; as, "Blessed is he that considereth the poor." Ps. xli.
5. 5.; i.e., considers with sympathy and pity. "Which [services] if I have not enough considered." Shak. ; i.e., requited as the sufficient considering of them would suggest. "Consider him liberally." J. Hooker. See Ponder.
6. 6.To think seriously; to make examination; to reflect; to deliberate. We will consider of your suit. Shak. 'T were to consider too curiously, to consider so. Shak. She wished she had taken a moment to consider, before rushing down stairs. W. Black 2. To hesitate. [Poetic & R.] Dryden.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is thenceforth to speculations high or deep I turned my thoughts, and with capacious mind Considered all things visible. Milton called?
• What is to look at attentively; to observe; to examine. She considereth a field, and buyeth it. Prov. xxxi called?